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What is a screwbean mesquite?
Prosopis pubescens is a species of the Prosopis genus. (1)
What does a screwball mesquite look like?
has leaves
has straight spines 1 to 3 centimeters long (1)
has twice-compound leaves (1)
has tightly twisted seedpods (legumes) up to 5 centimeters long, and very much resemble screws picture here ( (1)
Where are screwbean mesquites located?
native to Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, southern Nevada, Utah, northern Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora) (1)
found along streams and valleys in deserts, particularly in damp or saline soil (1)
What it the range of a screwbean mesquite?
map here of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico (1)
How tall does a screwbean mesquite grow to?
to about 23 feet tall (1)
What do the leaves of a screwbean mesquite look like?
picture here (1)
What do the flowers look like?
small yellowish flowers appearing in elongate spikes (1)
What do mature seedpods look like?
picture here (1)
Humans and Screwbean Mesquite
Can a human eat the seedpods?
A human can eat the seedpods. (1)
Resources
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosopis_pubescens
